Asset sale could help pay down debt

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BOMBARDIER INC. (Toronto symbols BBD.A $4.20 and BBD.B $4.21; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.4 billion; Market cap: $10.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend suspended in February 2015; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.bombardier.com) is the world’s third-largest maker of commercial aircraft, after Boeing (No. 1) and Airbus (No. 2). It is also a leading maker of commuter trains. The company will sell its aircraft manufacturing plant and land at the old Downsview airport in northern Toronto for $635 million U.S. It plans to shift the site’s current operations to a new plant at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Bombardier may use the cash to reduce its long-term debt of $9.0 billion U.S. That equals a high 115% of the company’s market cap. Bombardier is a hold. hold…